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    • THE ANTI-SLAVERY PRESIDENT. do to
    • MR. COBDEiST AND THE FRENCH TREATY.
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      rinHERE are two branches of the old deeply-rooted tree or -A- despotism , now gradually being- extirpated from Europe , which have ^ cas t their baleful Upas shade over the best inte-I rests , of nationsj We mean secret diplomacy , which has kept peoples in the dark concerning their own most vital interests and relations ; and the dearth ^ prpducing-, cbmmeree-crippUng ^ , / - system of combined prohibition and monopoly known under the misnomer of " protection . The latter of these , as was to be expected , has been the first to fall under the axe of pro- , : gressr for the simple reason that it interfered the rpost obtrusively and directly with food and trade , and the daily business ofliiey ABiau with eye . s in his head to distinguish ^ between a big loaf and a little one inclusively , determines upon Free Trade . Butit requires a train of reasoning ; , and the ability to see below the surfaceto trace the evils of secret diplpriiaey . We all know howenlightened men h ^ ye ; accepted in theory ; the qpn-: elusions of AipAat Smith on this point ; fiom their becoming- ' known throughthe publication of his " Wealth of Nations ^" down to thei present < jay . B ^ it ; to ac cept : them in theory , or e ^ en to advocate the ^ ' ¦ . ' :. : thingfromactually reducing ^ thfern to practice . Npi ^' Free : Trade was' . ' not merely reduced / to pra , ctipej it was forced , upon . a Stfihistr ^ pjatfdrin , with a large working hiajojrity ixt ParlianSentr ' Te- ; , .. . "¦ ¦ . ' .. ¦ '" turned far the <^ fprce ^^ yfthej i !^^ were the eicpbpefets ; in the ixouse , : and the leaclcr / 3 but , of dppr 3 , ^^¦ s ^ sjW ' - « $ ^ enlightened ; ' .. • '; . ¦ fresitradxM ^ ^ mbn ' opbli ^ pb'jicy ; arid the pradtical ' e ^ tabljrih . ipent of Free Trade ¦; we ' re ^ nptiriieit v ^ ork ; theywe ^ e \ th-b . ^ 6 . r ^ 9 f-Mrr'OpptoEN ; nH < l ^ F , ; ; : BiftGHi ^ as feu ^ ' ' . ' vanyin ( livid ^ si In effecting : ; this revolution in : Our legislation ;;; We . told tli ^ t -aVgreateivan ^^ Ore permapep t ; ' good was dpne to , : : ... ; .. this couatry /' iin ' d : tpCtbV wld ^ l : large , ^ aw : was ^ cted ; . by '• . . ; : ;; ¦ ¦ atiyefcangV in 7 ^ .. . " ;; :.: . ;¦ : ¦ ¦ j ^ r *!; $ v # ^ \ . ; 'ihe . ; Veri 6 r . ^ Q ' us ; '; iDciptu §' : it ;' ; ga ^ e ; ' to : pur cotamerce ; . are b y pp >¦ • ¦ .: ; . \ ¦ : n ^^ W ^^^^^ P ^^ WP 9 ^ ^ . swlt ; s « ; ¦ ¦ I ^^ til ly . ; ¦ . ¦ , . _ ; , < Bfci&- ' iiko «^ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦! ¦¦ ¦ ••¦'¦ jfei ^ inV prbKipting ; the poUpy of ^ o ^ i « te ^ ritipn , ap 4 ¦¦ .. ¦ : ;' : ' ¦ among nationKv : in tending to ^ ijiredt , ^ tfae jjniqwtbiis . an 6 m oii ^ i though ; last ?¦ ¦ 'Wt ' le ^/ i ^'^ yi ^ ita ^ tbrW ^ to the , fiystem ' ¦ q £ foudtiHstn bf ; w ) iich . protection . ¦; . was at / or ^ pe . .-itie ' te $ * t 6 ke ? : ak $ ' - % W ¦ b ^ tr ^ B 8 k : v" 'WW ; W ultynate ¦ ; con ; ae > , ' . . , quench wiU feo ^^ fo ^ Jeality-iftSitpacl - ; bf '• ¦ - . a ' -43 iqn . s \ t | ituti <> ja . iil ¦ ¦ - . fiiciti j > n > . » w ^ tu ¦? . « the preictibWeffects we . ^ uve ^ jnd ^ at ^ dt ir » , full ; action and . reaction , each ^ iituailv ^ ug !^^^ 4 ' WBtipppsetSat ^ ^ redncQcl t ; p a joggle ' ; w ; wbich >| lie : ^ p ^ a ^ lAajo ^ ty to ; the ^ t ^ > Yi ^ aafekejr ^ n r ^ re ^ t ^ ves , by m ^ m "f thejr V } qS ^ : mat 6 influenced over ithe ^ pe biWQJV yoters pMt of ^ lx p ^ ^ e ^ , . Wntrr ^^ litt ^; : wiU ; : tbo \ atitKp ^ , ¦ , ipirtgbrrW pother iWg : gl «? r tpil »; bw ; ^^ 7 . ., ; , : / . " . ' ¦ ¦ ¦'• ' !¦ ¦ ¦ . V ¦¦ „; " . )¦' , ¦' : ' > , - - ¦• ¦ ¦• . ' ¦ ,. ' <¦;¦? . ;¦ , ¦ :, ¦ ¦ . : ¦ ' ' : /;• ¦"¦ ^¦ . v , . ; ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' , '¦¦ . ;¦'¦ ' ¦ ;¦ ¦ -y ^ " 1 ' 1 > : < •¦ si ^ ikiiiiiil ^

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      Nov . 24 , I 860 ] Th& Sdtur'day Analyst and Leader . 955

      The Anti-Slavery President. Do To

      THE ANTI-SLAVERY PRESIDENT . do wish to

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      ry ^ HEllE » some persons who not , see any JL republic succeed . From flunkeyism or self interest they can only give their sympathies to costly royalties or cmnber-I some aristocracies , and they have had opportunities of enjoying themselves by witnessing the failure of successive efforts in France , their apparent abandonment in Italy , and . their difficulties in the TJnited States . There was doubtless niueli folly in tlie belief once prevalent panoivg radicals , that republican forms could be adapted to any state of society ; biit the republican spirit often exists and prevails in a monarchical guise . In France , Imperialism rests upon universal ^ suffrage , and succeeds in maintaining , its position by gi-atifying the most prominent wants and wishes of the ' . people ; In Italy , Victor Emmasvel has ¦ ¦ converted all ^ he rational republicans because he has put aside the nonsense of kingcraft , and done I his best to be an active and vigorous representative of the present desites that exist in all Italian breasts . In . England ^ , our monarchy has changed and is changing its . liatui'e , and our constitution might bo described as a republic with an ¦ hereditary president . The tendency of the times to reduce the ( powers of the oUgarchy ancl extend the suffrage to the working classes , will still further approximate the British system , to that of the United States , which exhibits the form , of government Englishmen naturally live under when removed from the traditions peculiar to their lionie . With a life peerage and sonie diminution o £ the Ghineso ceremonials of pux * ¦ Gaurt ,. ' and its ridiculous expenditure upon heedless officials and pageants , no philosophic ¦ .. ¦ politician would doubt that ^ England was essentially what Mi Lioi * and CrO 3 j : wjei , t , desired to . ' make' it—a Gomnaonwealth ; and ; it might be shown froni a scienti ^ c analysis of "huinan prpgressVthatnO monarchy can cpntiuue to exist in a civilised and iniproving country unless it is able to become the embodiment of what are in fact , if not in name , repxiblican ideas . ? For many years the United States of America have lowered the status of republics , and have damaged the complete suffrage cause . As far as corruption was concerned , American officials seemed to bear the palm—rnot even Russia or Turkey could go beyond , them in the evil , raqe , and if tlieir misconduct produced nb violent mischief , it was becaiise power was too ¦ ' much divided to permit the perpeti-ation of gigantic wrongs . Tlie ' ' - \ H ' p . m-e-Gpyej ' h . ai . bht' ^ ra ' . s not prily ignorant and ; t . 'prrupt , but the wiser and honester pbrtion of the citizens vvas ; disgusted with politics , and left them to be made a cheating tr ^ de of by the Ipwest : and vilest of thxj community ; The fMpreign relations were alvvraysunsati ^ ftictory , kM ' 'm&rad 4 e ^ y ^ ,-y {^ iiji ^ Si ''' - or L 0 M 2 Z . found the siysteni ^^ eprnpletel y ¦ congenial with 7 their yiews > VVVihile siich a state of { things , lasted , -the ; Tpries eould produce ¦¦¦ • ¦ some impression by ; accusing Mt-i ; Bbigh ?? of a desire t : 6 Americanize English lities Wore obviou ?*; tyhile tHe-- ' g-6 pd 'ones . 'w ^ If ? t systemi like ! that \ pf ^ g iancl had ^ bt in ^ o a ^ imilrtr cbndi ^ . . ^ pibiV- ; it-.. * Wiciulci' ¦ ¦ ¦ . Iijay : ^" -. -. ' . pinp ^ aced- ¦ ¦'¦ far •' ¦ .. ' ^ jreiiter ¦ ¦ ¦ - ^ lisc ^ iief , ; I ' . anii v '' 4 , ' ¦ ' ' , ¦ , . l . ^ biioeV ' - li ^ thafeibf ^ 'M ^' 3 ' ^^^^ . vantsegualiy \ iU chpsenVv / buld have : b ^ ugh desperate financial ^ nd pplitfcal crisis , ; vyhiyh did ^ npt ocQur ^ n ^ A ^ e ^ c ; a 7 '¦ : '¦' , becaiiise the Cpn&titvitiphcg ives-less opp'brtianity jipir roisehie ^ ou ? . " ¦ ¦¦¦ '" . ¦ ¦ . results . ^ ' ' . . , ' ¦ ¦ ¦'¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ,: ; . ' '¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ ' ,. : ¦' , . ¦¦" . . ¦ ¦ .. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; .: '¦ „ . : . ¦• ' " "' ; ; ' , !• '¦ .. : ¦ '' . ¦• . '¦ •;'¦ It fans been cuBtbmary \ yith our rbactipriary . pbhticians , to : . ' ¦¦ rfipveseht all ' the evils br ^ flowing ! frpinth ^ popular p l ^ : ¦ iiai > ' poik » t-. " 'g ! F . .-iiicst ' ' tbp- " « ijii ^ . ^ bauai 6 ^ "d [ f . ' ¦ . dn ^^ rei : ^ n ^ v . nsiiabbiigf / r-piintie- -: . ; fr om ¦¦ jtiie Bctjipiv of the slavfihoidere / ^ r ^ P , aa ;> ciMs , b ^ ar'tbfe ; gyea ^ esireseinblAnce to p ^ r ^ # a ^ intiijiar influeiiioe i ( n perverting it ^ ie ; diteptidn in which ; thfef ; : property of the ppuntryu ^ ally tpcMbn the English bii ^ rphyBtarvef ^ I i \ a perjiouslyifiea > ftre ; v'pJliiJJt ) p ;; , Tpj ) rpteci : their sl ^ yeeystemv , the ' ^ roorican plfthters have' played a T ^ ry siniilar game ; aixd as in England during tlie C ?^ : ' Government ; wa ^ not tl ? e gpod of t \\ e peopl e , but . tne sinister . iiiktejre ^ t ' ^ - . of ¦ ' tli ' 6- - ¦ . pligp [ rb 1 xy »; -. iso . ¦ . ¦ ii *! ¦ - . tUq- - - P" ^© . ^ S . tiatWr . " ^ U . ; * Ue- -. , ,, stato machinery -ivas ? 4 irectq 4 to niaintuia the otopcious . qlaijns to prpperliy in , ' ^ egvo - playQB . \ y : AyVO . aQtlion "has bepp , 1 Mlently going : ^ ' for many yoava / wd . at Jn ; st the , a-ycragp , ; : obinipnhag bQeriiat ^ '¦ ::, ¦ . " i ^^ eVth e i 0 ti ^ - > o £ & *^ U # apWi ) ' ^ ¦? ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ prinpipl ^ rbBco'nW ^ iii tlvq : ' Asjcsonclan ^' ' ir Ay , W' ® V&W } & ™ 9 c ^ arigV ^ p ni ^ teotipn ; tp ;^ ;^^ ftfcio ^ t % eopnp ^ lpal cpnsi ^ atipn ^; so ia ^ wi ^ nQti t | i e , apfwvj , - : ¦' ., ¦ ¦\ $ : %$ Jd ^! tytot : nQaxty ;; W ' . : ¦ '• ¦ '; . -sqiiirfiiav ' M * -h . am q ' c ^ asibw ^ d . v |? y ^ feen ^ yaj . ' ponyictipn , ; , on ^ he . , ¦ !; ? -,. ; :- ^! mi ^ w ^^ > ; M ^ :: & ^ ! $ {[ >* " ' , 1 •'¦ ' ¦¦ '' ' '¦ ¦¦ . ' ¦ ^ V 1 '" ' ' '¦ ' '' ' ' . ' . '' i ' "' < . " . "¦'¦" ' ' v i ' ' ' ' ' , ' . •?" ' •¦ . ' -v . ' ' ' . ••^• . ¦ ¦ , ' .: ¦ ' " - 'I , ' " : ; . '" '" . ' i ¦ ' ¦ : ' , '¦! . , ¦ ¦¦ 1 ' 1 ' :. II / n ' ix- ., ' )¦¦;; '' ' i , '"' ;¦ ¦ , ' ) v . y ¦ ' . •" , ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ ¦ " i ; . r )' ;' v V '' . •;;¦;; ;^; , ' : V * ' ' ' ¦> j : ' \ , ¦ . ¦• ^ ¦ /¦ ¦¦ : ^ v ' ¦ :. ( ' ¦ , ? , ' ¦' , ••' " ' . V'i ^ -v fiffiffilMy ^ MffiA !^^

      results of Mi \ Lincoln ' s election will be a greater union between England and America , because there will be a greater community ¦ of-thought' and action . We shall no longer witness a foreign policy of filibustering , nor find ourselves oil the verge of hostilities through the disgraceful support given . to ' men , like General Harney , or ruffians of a similar casfe . The final settlement of the slave question may be distant by some years , but the Americans have made a noble advance by setting their Central Government entirely free from its trammels ; and it is probable that the South will begin to consider ' . how the system can be gradually arid safely changed . No friend of the negro can wish for a , violent measure of . . enfranchisement , ' nor a successful outbreak of the blacks ; and a gradual change was impossible while the slave party had the chief political influence in the . State . Slavery is now plainly seen as a doomed and dying institution , and those will most expedite its removal wl .. ¦ ¦ can show the most practical way of dealing with its di ^ " ulties , arid obtaining its abolition witli the ' smnlU'st disltir . b . ince of j existing rights .

      Mr. Cobdeist And The French Treaty.

      Mil . COB DEN AND THE FRENCH TREATY .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 24, 1860, page 955, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2375/page/3/